Patient Safety

A collection of success stories on improving patient safety from the front lines of American health care, providing free access to strategies used by hospitals and medical practices nationwide to improve care.

Clinical Leaders in ED Improve Throughput

February 26, 2013

Truman Medical Center Lakewood implemented a Clinical Team Leader position in the emergency department, improving left without being seen rates from 7.7 percent to 6.8 percent.

Scaling Visionary Solutions to Improve the Health of Vulnerable Populations

October 1, 2012 | Journal Article

The Green House Project, a breakthrough solution to caring for aging Americans, €illustrates what it takes to take an idea mainstream.

Can Culture Change Offer Viable Solutions to Meet Increased Demands for Long-Term Care?

August 1, 2012 | Issue Brief

The “culture change” movement is transforming long-term care by promoting more home-like facilities and providing more options for consumers to receive care how and where they want it, in their communities.

Promising Practices

Feature

A collection of success stories on quality improvement from the front lines of American health care, providing free access to strategies used by hospitals and medical practices nationwide to improve care.

Improving Access to Children's Mental Health Care

March 6, 2013 | Report

This report is the second in a series of studies that report on strategies to sustain children’s mental health services and prevent the onset of problem behaviors.

Hospital Uses “LACE” Assessment to Reduce Readmissions

February 15, 2013

Redington-Fairview General Hospital provided at least 95 percent of HF patients with all the recommended procedures and assessments in the Measure of Ideal Care bundle for 13 out of 15 months during the initiative.

Prediction of Critical Illness During Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care

August 18, 2010 | Journal Article

In a retrospective study of emergency patients without traumatic injury or cardiac arrest, researchers were able to develop a critical illness score to reasonably predict which patients would require services of a regional critical care center.

Reducing Waste in Health Care

December 13, 2012 | Issue Brief

Eliminating waste in the health care system has become a major focal point in the effort to reduce health care costs. Waste has been broadly defined to many areas: unnecessary services, treatment of avoidable injuries and more.

Paths to Recovery: Changing the Process of Care for Substance Abuse

April 28, 2010 | Program Result Report

Paths to Recovery: Changing the Process of Care for Substance Abuse Programs used process improvement strategies to improve the quality and efficiency of substance abuse treatment at the provider level.